Delayed Date, How long would you wait?

[The Voice]

I'm usually a patient man but even I have limits. Something happened recently with an agency I no longer use. Lets just say it was one of an Asian persuasion. The SP was late arriving to the incall, and the agency actually did a decent job at keeping me up to date. What finally killed it for me was the bad estimation of time. Here was the basic scenario. Time booked was for 5 PM. I arrived at the incall shortly before 5 and notified the agency. The booker replied back saying that the SP was on her way and was going to be a bit late and that she could be there by 5:30. I say ok. 5:30 comes around and no SP. A bit after 5:30, the booker and I are exchanging cordial texts where she is updating me. But at 5:50, I get a text saying that the SP will be there in 10 min and that she will need 5 Min to get ready. That was the point at which I bailed and said, see ya. Both clients and SPs and agencies please chime in here. What would've been the best way to resolve this? I was pissed at the time because I was told an alternate time and I waited. My expectation at that point would've been told at 5:30 that it would be longer and given a chance to bail. But instead, twenty minutes after the alternate time, I'm told it would be another 15 min. Well, the first and second times have both passed. Who's to say that the 15 min wouldn't be 30? I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. My decision to not use this agency anymore wasn't hinged on this instance. It was more of a straw that broke the camel's back. In my mind, I think the only mistake the agency made was that at 5:30, the booker should have given me the chance to cancel. Lot's of things can cause delays, so I'm not even putting this on the SP. Instead, I'm just wondering what would've been the best way to handle these types of situations. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has had a late date.

 

[What A Wookie]

At 30 minutes I would have been gone as well. I touched on it in the other thread but the "almost ready 5mins" game drives me nuts. Some agencies will never give you an honest update because they fear that you'll leave and they miss the booking. Instead they'll string you along knowing that once invested guys will stick it out.

However think of your mood and how it would affect the session once it finally took place. You'd be angry and it would be the SP stuck trying to salvage the situation. You'd hope the agency would at least offer some compensation for wasting your time.

Luckily this hasn't happened very often to me and I usually prepare myself for 10-15 minutes delay as the norm. The only time I've stuck it out past 30 minutes was for one of my regulars that was leaving the city for an extended time. The whole session was mishandled by the agency from the beginning and the wait was the thing that put me on tilt. Anyone else I would have walked.

 

[Willy]

15 minutes max. Regular or not, my time is too valuable.

 

[TFZL1]

I won't wait that long for anybody. If they said 30 and I agreed, it better be 30 or less or I'm out.
Recently asked for a noon appt with Taya @ TDL, scedule said she started at noon and I was close. Booker said she's late and offered 12:30. I said ok, Booked.
I got a coffee, I'm in the parking lot at 12:15, 12:20 they said she'd be an extra 15. I said No. booker asked if I was cancelling? I said no, you cancelled, I'm leaving.
if they can't keep an appt time, I'm not waiting.

 

[DannyDevito]

It all depends on the circumstances. No one is perfect and neither are the beautiful SP. But there has to be some kind of extra time given if they are very late.

 

[cristycurves]

This happens to sp's as well. We all need to be considerate and understanding of one another's time. It is up to anyone to decide what their limit is, mine typically is 15mins...If I've ever had to delay an appointment/ be late or cancel, I make it up to the client, either by giving some money back or by extending their time. Sadly though, clients don't seem to understand that this type of consideration should work both ways.This year I've removed 2 regular clients from my to see list, because of their lack of consideration.

 

[Guido]

I can wait an hour as long as she pays for lunch.

 

[Baz]

I can wait an hour as long as she pays for lunch.

Guido, if you don't stop thinking of food all the time your jolly old belly will be with you for a lifetime. I don't believe I'll be such a stickler for time. If and when I finally succeed in booking a play for money service provider I'll more than likely do it on a day off and I'm worry free.

 

[PcMaC]

This has been discussed many times through all the boards but thanks for bringing it up again because they will never take blame for their actions. Just give you $20 off your next booking. Baloney to that, just pay me for the time I wasted. Minimum of $100.

 

[nntsci]

I recently waited a half hour in a coffee shop but gave up when she said she'd be another 40 minutes.
Then later I had to wait 20 minutes, boo hoo.
I used to see a lady who was always late, so I planned it into my schedule... got caught the last time I saw her because she was early and I was late.
I've had to pace around on a street corner waiting for 15 minutes for a call back to notify me that a lady is ready.
On the other hand recently I was 10 minutes late to see a lady and she was worried because she only had the hour to spend with me.
On Thursday I was originally going to meet a lady at 12, then she had to change it to 1, but I got stuck in traffic and didn't get into the city until 1:30 and couldn't reply to her text while driving. When I got into town, she gave me the address and I arrived 10 minutes later at which point I had to wait in my care for 10 minutes... time keeps on slipping slipping slipping into the future.

Stuff happens... that's life.

The worst I've had to wait was a few years ago, an hours and a half. The cause was a major set of traffic jams due to a light snow. Torontonians can't handle snow. I had a comfy seat in a busy downtown hotel lobby. The hotel wifi was free so I checked my email and surfed the web for an hour. The Agency offered me a $60 discount, but I paid her the full amount anyway. I figured they can't prevent traffic nightmares from happening. Actually I was too lazy to count it again. And the Lady was such a nice person.

It just part of life. No big deal.